World Christianity

Martha Frederiks is Professor for the Study of World Christianity at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research interests are African Christianity/ies, mission history, and Christian-Muslim relations. With Nagy, she published Critical Readings in the History of Christian Mission (2020).Dorottya Nagy is professor of missiology at the Protestant Theological University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her research interests are migration, mission studies, Christianity in post-communist Europe, methodology, and theology. With Frederiks, she published Religion, Migration, and Identity (2016).

"this volume is a fine and instructive introduction to the rapidly changing field of World Christianity studies." - Henk Bakker, Amsterdam, in: Journal of European Baptist Studies, Volume 21.2 (2021).

• Notes on ContributorsIntroductionMartha Frederiks and Dorottya Nagy1 World Christianity: Contours of an ApproachMartha Frederiks2 Recalling the Term ‘World Christianity’: Excursions into Worldings of Literature, Philosophy, and HistoryDorottya Nagy3 Decoloniality and Interculturality in World Christianity: A Latin American PerspectiveRaimundo C. Barreto Jr.4 The Interpretations, Problems and Possibilities of Missionary Sources in the History of Christianity in AfricaEmma Wild-Wood5 Methodological Reflections on the Study of Chinese ChristianitiesJoseph Tse-Hei Lee and Christie Chui-Shan Chow6 Interfaith Relations within the Emerging Field of World ChristianityS. Wesley Ariarajah7 Thai Comparative Theologizing: Material and Methodological ReflectionsKari Storstein Haug8 Interreligious Dialogue: A Case Study Approach in Respect to the Vatican and the World Council of ChurchesDouglas Pratt9 Conquering Rome: Constructing a Global Christianity in the Face of Terror. A Case Study into the Representations of the Beheading of Twenty-One Migrant Workers in January 2015Lucien van Liere10 Multiple Religious Belonging and Identity in Contemporary Nigeria: Methodological Reflections for World ChristianityCorey L. Williams11 Augustine’s Approach to Heresies as an Aid to Understanding His Ideas on Interaction between Christian TraditionsPaul J.J. van Geest12 The Rise of ‘New Generation’ Churches in Kerala ChristianityStanley John13 Methodological Considerations: ConvergencesMartha Frederiks and Dorottya NagyIndex